Australia's Unemployment Rate Rises

Economists Had Expected Rate to Stay at 5.9%

By

David Rogers

July 9, 2014 9:57 p.m. ET

SYDNEY—Australia's unemployment rate rose to a higher-than-expected 6% in June from 5.9% in May as more people than anticipated began looking for work.

Economists had expected the unemployment rate to stay at 5.9%. The number of people employed rose by 15,900 compared with an expected 12,000 rise, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday. The number of people in full-time work fell by 3,800 while those in part-time work...